The inferential structure has three layers:
1. Supposition: assume more than one independent deity.
2. Consequence: their independent governance would entail disruption.
3. Inference: the absence of such disorder points to the falsity of the supposition.
The first clause is a hypothesis, not a report of reality. The second expresses the decisive implication. The third argues back from the non-occurrence of the consequence to the rejection of the hypothesis.
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The Dialectical Method and Elegant Causal Attribution: Proof and Four Modes of Ḥusn al-Taʿlīl
The inferential structure has three layers:
1. Supposition: assume more than one independent deity.
2. Consequence: their independent governance would entail disruption.
3. Inference: the absence of such disorder points to the falsity of the supposition.
The first clause is a hypothesis, not a report of reality. The second expresses the decisive implication. The third argues back from the non-occurrence of the consequence to the rejection of the hypothesis.